Good green news from California. The future is almost here courtesy of the California Senate which has less relationship to reality these days than the ravings of your average lunatic.
California will receive all of its power from renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, by 2045 under legislation that passed the state Senate on Wednesday.
Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) touted his bill, Senate Bill 100, as the most ambitious program in the world.
“Clean energy is the future,” De León said. “SB 100 ensures that California leads into the future.”
The measure would also speed up the state’s goal of reaching 50% renewable energy, changing the deadline from 2030 to 2026.
This is the same Senate that just passed a $400 billion socialized medicine measure that it has no plan to pay for. And that there is no way to pay for. It goes without saying that there is no serious plan for either 2026 or 2045.
But the good news is that's around the time that the light rail to nowhere might get built. Or probably not. As there isn't any money to pay for that either. Or any serious plan for it.
The Dem One-Party State in California is one big LSD policy fantasy. Governor Moonbeam talked up launching his own satellites to fight Global Warming. All problems are solved with more taxes voted for by illegal aliens who don't pay any taxes.
So why not pass politically correct programs that there's no plan to pay for or implement. It's just CALPERS' investment philosophy on a larger scale. Be self-righteous with other people's money even though you can't even use a calculator.
SB 100 passed over objections from Republican senators. Sen. Jeff Stone (R-Temecula) criticized the measure as government getting ahead of technological capacity.
“What if we can’t make that mandate that we’re putting into law today?” Stone said.
Dogma comes before reality. Just ask Mao or Stalin. Jerry can open up a few hot weather gulags and draft people into making solar panels. And if that doesn't work, just postpone the deadline to 2145.